Autumn On Its Way

The heat came on this morning!  The thermostat was set at 58.  Temperatures in the 40s when I got up (we barely made it to a high of 70 yesterday and we'll get to about that again today).  Long sleeves and warmer jammies along with socks are the order of the day (and last night) along with hot oatmeal and chai on the menu for breakfast. The shades are up, letting the sun in to warm the house a little faster and the windows are closed, for now.  I've noticed increased flocks of geese flying overhead, although around here the winter is usually mild enough that they stay all year long.   The first NFL game of the season was on last night.  Go Broncos!  Normal temperatures rebound to the high to mid seventies tomorrow and the rest of the week.   It's not here quite yet, but last night's chill is warning us that fall is on its way.

Source:  Wikipedia

Lightness in Autumn
By Robert Fitzgerald

The rake is like a wand or fan,   

With bamboo springing in a span   

To catch the leaves that I amass   

In bushels on the evening grass.

I reckon how the wind behaves   

And rake them lightly into waves   

And rake the waves upon a pile,   

Then stop my raking for a while.

The sun is down, the air is blue,   

And soon the fingers will be, too,   

But there are children to appease   

With ducking in those leafy seas.

So loudly rummaging their bed

On the dry billows of the dead,

They are not warned at four and three   

Of natural mortality.

Before their supper they require   

A dragon field of yellow fire

To light and toast them in the gloom.   

So much for old earth’s ashen doom.